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Emanuel Wilson has been overcoming the odds for years now. So it was no surprise that he delivered a big performance while subbing for Josh Jacobs.

One senior turned in a performance to remember on Sunday in her final Big Ten Conference match at the UW Field House. Here's what stood out from the Badgers' victory.

Lily Krahn led the Badgers with 18 points, shooting 6-of-7 from 3-point range, as the team earned its fifth consecutive win. Here's what stood out.

Police are searching for one of the two women who as teens in 2014 stabbed their classmate to please a fictional horror character. Morgan Geyser cut off her GPS bracelet and fled a group home.

State Journal columnist Jim Polzin hands out grades following Green Bay’s 23-6 win over Minnesota on Sunday at Lambeau Field.

Green Bay allowed just six points and had little trouble dispatching Minnesota at Lambeau Field.

Green Bay got an effective day from its running back and its defense dominated at Lambeau Field.

Although traffic deaths have declined since peaking in 2021, the number of deaths remains higher than a decade ago.

Universal Pictures’ two-part “Wicked” gamble continues to defy gravity at the box office. Just a year after part one brought droves of audiences to movie theaters around the country, even more people bought opening weekend tickets to see the epic…

The Badgers are creating deep passing opportunities, just not hitting them. That and more that stood out after rewatching Saturday's win over Illinois.

A 57-year-old man in Grant County was shot while he was preparing to take his daughter hunting.

A 57-year-old man in Grant County was shot while he was preparing to take his daughter hunting.

Citations included six for underage alcohol, four for throwing hard objects and two for trespassing.

Saturday's ejections and arrest numbers during the Badgers upset victory against Illinois at Camp Randall.

Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to children in families in need in the greater Madison area.

Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to children in families in need in the greater Madison area.

Every year before Thanksgiving, the president of the United States offers a pardon to a lucky turkey. It’s a long-running tradition and, usually, kind of cute.

Tips for your flowers, plants, trees and shrubs.

The food is great, but there is so much more.

Sen. Ron Johnson’s colleagues in the Republican-run House understand the “really bad look.” He should listen to them.